China workers

China Should Be Held to Account for Its Companies’ Labor Abuses Abroad

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China’s Crackdown on Foreign Firms Is a Symptom of a Much Deeper Problem

Many Chinese workers employed by Chinese companies abroad suffer degrading conditions. A China Labor Watch investigation in China’s Belt and Road nickel production projects in Indonesia, for example, found labor abuses such as wage withholding and extremely poor safety practices to be routine. Of course the employers shoulder much of the blame for these abuses, … Read more

China’s Restless Workers

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China’s Restless Workers

Advertisement Strikes in China’s manufacturing sector are rising amid a shaky domestic economic recovery and a global economy still weighed down by the war in Ukraine and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese manufacturers in industries from electronics to garment manufacturing have faced lower earnings on the back of weaker global consumer demand this … Read more